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🌎  Observing from: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]
🌅 Sunrise: 6:36  ☀️ Transit: 13:02  🌅 Sunset: 19:29

Comets

Detailed information about 220 most interesting comets. Comets are listed in order of decreasing brightness.

Visibility from selected location  = visible to the naked eye
 = binocular, brighter than 10th magnitude
= current altitude ≥ 30°   = current altitude < 30°   = below the horizon
Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]

Comet 255P/Levy

255P/Levy
R.A: 16h 25m 24s   Dec: -34° 37’ 51”
Observed Magnitude N.A. (COBS)
Estimated Magnitude 28.7 (JPL)  fading
in Scorpius   object currently below the horizon

Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova

45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova
R.A: 14h 20m 17s   Dec: -08° 50’ 25”
Observed Magnitude N.A. (COBS)
Estimated Magnitude 28.8 (JPL)  fading
in Virgo   object currently below the horizon

Comet 106P/Schuster

106P/Schuster
R.A: 12h 45m 25s   Dec: +13° 49’ 47”
Observed Magnitude N.A. (COBS)
Estimated Magnitude 28.9 (JPL)  fading
in Coma   object currently below the horizon

Comet 332P/Ikeya-Murakami

332P/Ikeya-Murakami
R.A: 21h 27m 50s   Dec: -22° 26’ 43”
Observed Magnitude N.A. (COBS)
Estimated Magnitude 29.1 (JPL) 
in Capricornus   object currently below the horizon

Comet 261P/Larson

261P/Larson
R.A: 12h 29m 58s   Dec: -11° 25’ 39”
Observed Magnitude N.A. (COBS)
Estimated Magnitude 29.1 (JPL)  brightening
in Virgo   object currently below the horizon

Comet West (C/1975 V1-A)

C/1975 V1-A (West)
R.A: 19h 40m 44s   Dec: -16° 14’ 37”
Observed Magnitude N.A. (COBS)
Estimated Magnitude 29.1 (JPL) 
in Sagittarius   object currently below the horizon

Comet 24P/Schaumasse

24P/Schaumasse
R.A: 22h 47m 41s   Dec: -18° 15’ 19”
Observed Magnitude N.A. (COBS)
Estimated Magnitude 29.2 (JPL)  brightening
in Aquarius   current altitude less than 30 degrees above the horizon

Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)

C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)
R.A: 15h 03m 52s   Dec: -33° 10’ 23”
Observed Magnitude N.A. (COBS)
Estimated Magnitude 29.4 (JPL) 
in Lupus   object currently below the horizon

Comet 20D/Westphal (Lost)

20D/Westphal (Lost)
R.A: 14h 13m 17s   Dec: -54° 38’ 07”
Observed Magnitude N.A. (COBS)
Estimated Magnitude 29.6 (JPL)  brightening
in Centaurus   object currently below the horizon

Comet C/2022 A1 (Sarneczky)

C/2022 A1 (Sarneczky)
R.A: 21h 57m 49s   Dec: -44° 40’ 49”
Observed Magnitude N.A. (COBS)
Estimated Magnitude 30.2 (JPL)  fading
in Grus   object currently below the horizon

Comet 60P/Tsuchinshan 2

60P/Tsuchinshan 2
R.A: 22h 12m 56s   Dec: -08° 13’ 29”
Observed Magnitude N.A. (COBS)
Estimated Magnitude 30.7 (JPL)  brightening
in Aquarius   current altitude less than 30 degrees above the horizon

Comet P/2019 Y2 (Fuls)

P/2019 Y2 (Fuls)
R.A: 23h 49m 20s   Dec: -05° 35’ 02”
Observed Magnitude N.A. (COBS)
Estimated Magnitude 30.9 (JPL) 
in Aquarius   current altitude less than 30 degrees above the horizon

Comet C/2021 D1 (SWAN)

C/2021 D1 (SWAN)
R.A: 10h 08m 53s   Dec: -09° 02’ 53”
Observed Magnitude N.A. (COBS)
Estimated Magnitude 31.0 (JPL)  fading
in Sextans   object currently below the horizon

Comet 92P/Sanguin

92P/Sanguin
R.A: 11h 57m 54s   Dec: +00° 01’ 57”
Observed Magnitude N.A. (COBS)
Estimated Magnitude 31.0 (JPL) 
in Virgo   object currently below the horizon

Comet 252P/LINEAR

252P/LINEAR
R.A: 22h 48m 40s   Dec: -02° 11’ 09”
Observed Magnitude N.A. (COBS)
Estimated Magnitude 31.1 (JPL) 
in Aquarius   current altitude less than 30 degrees above the horizon

Comet 134P/Kowal-Vavrova

134P/Kowal-Vavrova
R.A: 02h 53m 48s   Dec: +14° 43’ 39”
Observed Magnitude N.A. (COBS)
Estimated Magnitude 31.3 (JPL) 
in Aries   current altitude greater than 30 degrees above the horizon

Comet P/2014 L2 (NEOWISE)

P/2014 L2 (NEOWISE)
R.A: 10h 23m 15s   Dec: +10° 52’ 54”
Observed Magnitude N.A. (COBS)
Estimated Magnitude 31.7 (JPL) 
in Leo   object currently below the horizon

Comet 11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR

11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR
R.A: 14h 21m 44s   Dec: -21° 50’ 37”
Observed Magnitude N.A. (COBS)
Estimated Magnitude 32.3 (JPL) 
in Libra   object currently below the horizon

Comet 34D/Gale (Lost)

34D/Gale (Lost)
R.A: 07h 06m 11s   Dec: +31° 19’ 31”
Observed Magnitude N.A. (COBS)
Estimated Magnitude 32.8 (JPL)  fading
in Gemini   current altitude greater than 30 degrees above the horizon

Comet 58P/Jackson-Neujmin

58P/Jackson-Neujmin
R.A: 10h 42m 47s   Dec: +09° 26’ 50”
Observed Magnitude N.A. (COBS)
Estimated Magnitude 33.6 (JPL) 
in Leo   object currently below the horizon
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